Crab cracking and cutting device



J. SENICK GRAB CRACKING AND CUTTING DEVICE Filed Feb.

Dec. 30, 1969 `INVENTOR. John Sen/'cK United States Patent O "ice8,488,188

Patented Dec. 30, 1969 provided with a cutting blade 19 which is inalignment 3,486,188 with the cracking portion 17, and the opposite freeend GRAB CRACKNG AND CUTTING DEVICE of bar member 14 is provided with anextending handle Jol-1155i? Galgolwy St., 20 for gripping with the handsin order to pivot the bar Filed Feb. 16, 19655 Sr. No. 706,074 member 14during a cracking or cutting operation, hm Cl. Amc 29/00; A2311 5/04;A4. 43/26 In use, the crab is cleaned of the outer appendages US CL l771 3 Claims and all of the claws are broken from the crabs body. The

big claw is placed upon the knurled Surface 12 of base 11 beneath thecracking portion 17 of bar member 14 ABSTRACT F THE DSCLOSURE 10 and thehandle 20 is grasped by the user and pivots the cracking portion 17 downto contact the shell of the crab which with pressure will crack theshell completely across. The broken shell pieces are removed and thusthe meat may be easily eaten. The small claws from which meat is hard toextract are then placed upon the base 11 beneath the cutting blade 19 ofbar 14. By pivoting bar 14 downwards the cutting blade 19 is used to cutoff the knuckle portion of the claw, after which the small claw may beplaced in the mouth of the user and the meat squeezed therefrom (on softshelled crabs).

The crab body is then placed under the knife blade 19 and is cut inhalf, after which the other half, or one of the halves is placedlengthwise under blade 19 and is cut in half again. This cutting processis then used on the other half of the crab thus producing four quartersof the body of the crab from which all the meat may be extracted andeaten, leaving none left in the body or claws.

It will be noted the device 10 may be used for lobster by using theblade 19 to cut off the tail section, while still using the blade 19 thetail portion of the lobster may Secures a bar member having a handle forurging the be cut lengthwise and all of the meat is then exposed so Lthat it may be readily eaten. 4lloice)dtreabscrackmg portion downwardsupon the Shen of It shall further be noted that during the cracking andcutting of shelled seafood, the shells do not scatter about.

What I now claim is:

1. A shellfish cracking and cutting device comprising an elongated basemember having a knurled upper surface, an elongated bar member havingone end pivotally supported adjacent one end of said base member, saidbar member having along one of its longitudinal edges a cracking portionand a cutting portion, the other end of said bar member constituting ahandle portion whereby the bar member may be pivoted toward and awayfrom said base member, said cracking portion being positioned closelyadjacent the pivot support and being arcuate in shape.

A device for cracking and cutting crabs and lobsters having a knurledtopped base for holding the crab or lobster in place with a pivotablemember having a cutting blade in alignment with a plurality of teeth,the teeth serving to crack the shell of the seafood while the blade 1 isused to cut with. A handle portion of the bar is also in alignment withthe cracking portion and the cutting blade of the device and extendsfrom one end of the base of the device. This device serves to easilycrack, cut and quarter crabs and may be also used to remove the tailfrom a lobster while the blade portion is used to lay open the tail inorder to extract the meat easily.

This invention relates to cutting and shelling devices, and moreparticularly to a device for easily removing the meat from seafood, suchas crabs and lobsters.

It is therefore the main purpose of this invention to provide a crabcracking and cutting device which will have a knurled base member forpositioning seafood thereupon, while a raised portion of the basepivotably Another object of this invention is to provide a crab crackingcutting device which will have a cutting blade fashioned within thepivotable bar, the cutting blade being in alignment with the crackingportion of the device and the blade serving to sever portions of thecrab.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a device of theheretofore described type which may be placed in any convenient locationin order for the user to easily sever and crack portions of the crab inorder to extract the meat completely therefrom for eating or otherpurposes.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a crab crackingand cutting device which is simple in de- Sign, inexpensive tomanufacture rugged in constm 2. The combination of claim 1 wherein saidcracking tion, easy to use and eicient in operation. ptrltllonsprldethwlt; pnality of teeth for engagmg These and other objects will bereadily evident upon W1 an crac mg es e s a study of the followingspecification and the accompanyb 3'. The cnmttn of .dam 1:Yhereusalfdbse inem' ing drawing wherein, er is provi e wi a raise porion an sai pivo sup- FIGURE 1 is a side View of the present inventionport constitutes a suitable fastener engaged in said raised shown partlybroken away; portion' FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of FIG. 1;'JJ References Cited and UNITED STATES PATENTS FIGURE 3 is an end viewof FIG. l.

According to this invention, a crab cracking and cut- 8881738 5/1908PI'OCOI" 145-13 ting device 10 is provided with a flat aluminum base 1160 211361816 11/1938 F'l'azlef 179 which has a knurled surface 12 toprevent skidding of the 213358806 11/1943 SJOSOm 17-2 shell when usingdevice 10. A raised portion 13 of lbase 2,527,018 10/1950 LuZ21 146-'14511 pivotably receives one end of an elongated bar mem- 287388546 3/1956Gaetl et al- 17-9 ber 14 which is attached to the raised portion 13 by a2,822,845 2/1958 Medlln 146-146 screw 15 threaded into the raisedportion 13 with its head against a washer 16. Bar member 14 is providedadjacent 6a LUCIE H- LAUDENSLAGER Pflmafy Exammef to its pivotallyattached end with an arcuously congur- U s C1 X R ated portion 17 havinga plurality of teeth 18 with which to engage and crack the shell of thecrab. Bar 14 is also 17-75; 146-13, 146

